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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Promiscuous behavior.
(c) Wearing the wrong clothing.
(d) Smoking.

2. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?
(a) The butler served the family at the table.
(b) Edie's parents were around less.
(c) Edie was given hand-me-downs to wear.
(d) There were more horses to ride.

3. What were many of the artworks Francis created inspired by?
(a) His family.
(b) WWII.
(c) Women he had affairs with.
(d) Money.

4. How did Francis attempt to have Saucie thrown out of Radcliffe?
(a) By refusing to pay her tuition.
(b) By sending a bodyguard to drag her out of classes.
(c) By telling the dean she was promiscuous.
(d) By hiring someone to plant drugs on her.

5. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?
(a) Religion.
(b) Film.
(c) English.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

2. Why are Sedgwicks buried in the particular formation they are around Theodore Sedgwick?

3. In what year did Henry Dwight Sedgwick marry Sarah May Minturn?

4. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?

5. What is Silver Hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stein begin book her book, Edie: An American Biography by describing to the reader?

2. What impression does Jane Wilson share about Edie as a child?

3. Why is it important for the reader to know about Edie Sedgwick's family?

4. What does the author describe as Judge Theodore Sedgwick's accomplishments?

5. How did Francis Sedgwick develop an interest in art?

6. What is said about Francis's desire to be a father?

7. What are Saucie's memories of living in the family's Goleta ranch?

8. What was Francis's response when Groton decided to start admitting black students?

9. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

10. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

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